Boss Katana MKll Head

[Phantasmagoria]

Some of the class D amp's out there sound phenomenal. I have a few of the little chinese hi-fi ones that I use as small practice rigs through a pair of 8" cabs. When I hook them up to my modelers they sound great in stereo.

Then there's my Class D Crown XLS 2002 power amp which when driven by a decent preamp lacks nothing compared to class A/B hifi amps (which I have a bunch of). It has a great warm beefy punchy detailed sound. Class D has come a long way in recent years with none of the shortcomings they used to be associated with..

Still have'nt played through a Katana though..

They often sound great in demo's though...

[donaldr]

Katana is class A/B, Katana 50/100/Head are on a chip and Artist is discret components.

[donaldr]

That could be a handy form factor for a lot of people, a little Class D micro head with some of the Katana magic. Do you have a particular closed-back cabinet in mind? How would you feel about another modified or rehoused Katana 50 with a smaller cabinet? Still on the heavy side for carrying around?

I have a 4x12 Peavey cab that sounds particularly good with my Rocktron Voodu Valve preamp and Peavey 60/60 power amp (I tried my Katana 50w with that cab but they are not at the same level, but that are not the same price either). But I would buy any 1x12 or 2x12 in a pinch if they sounds good.
Rehousing is nice but it was to achieve a specific rock sound, at the expense of some other sounds (and because it was Covid and had nothing to do LOL). And I'm happy with what I achieve but we are still talking "Katana sound" and not "boutique amp sound". Anyway I like my Katana for what it is but I would still like to try a Waza 75w head.

[UnderTheFlame83]

Little Pigbacon - Since you have owned this amp awhile now what's your favorite channel and the settings you use? What about wattage and the cab resonance?

[UnderTheFlame83]

Finally picked up the footswitch. Bit on the pricey side but nice quality too. Still loving this amp. Play it all the time

[UnderTheFlame83]

Plugged the Katana up to my laptop today because it's been awhile since I been into the Studio and I wanted to replace a boost. For some reason it is saying I don't have the latest update installed. I know I am up to date. It's not letting me do anything. This sucks.

[Mincer]

Do you have the latest version of the editing software? Many times that has to be updated like the firmware on the amp.